Sentence examples for granting ownership from inspiring English sources

Some compare it to granting ownership of the alphabet, rather than of a novel or play.

Allowing rights to intellectual works would be similar to granting ownership to the individual who placed the last brick in a public works dam.

A settlement was eventually reached, with Rowe granting ownership of the domain to Microsoft in exchange for Microsoft products.

But leaseholds aren't like your standard rental contract; they often grant ownership for periods between 80 and 999 years.

Mr. Letterman was granted ownership rights to the 12 30 show when he first came to CBS in 1993.

Unlike patents for new drug formulas, patents on software often effectively grant ownership of concepts, rather than tangible creations.

In the late 1980s the residents were granted ownership of the land under their shacks, and began replacing them with simple brick-and-tile houses.

Under the agreement negotiated during discussions that began two years ago the Library of Congress has been granted ownership of the physical discs and plans to preserve and digitize them.

The act granted ownership of all American wild horses to the federal government and established more than 300 herd management areas that are now administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

Ultimately, after drawn-out legal disputes, Williams was granted ownership of the dinosaur and he put it up for auction at Sotheby's.

At that moment, the diocese contends, ownership of Maycroft reverted back to the diocese under the terms of the original deed, which granted ownership only as long as the nuns used Maycroft as its mother house.